Recent Advances in Microbial Oxygen-Binding Proteins, Volume 67

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• Preface
• Acknowledgement
• Chapter One: Cytochromes c′: Structure, Reactivity and Relevance to Haem-Based Gas Sensing
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Occurrence
  • 3 Proposed Functional Roles of Cytochromes c′
  • 4 Structural Properties of Cytochromes c′
  • 5 Spectroscopic Properties of Cytochromes c′
  • 6 Structure–Reactivity Relationships in Cytochromes c′
  • 7 Relevance of Cytochrome c′ to Other Proteins, Including Haem-Based Gas Sensors
  • Acknowledgements
• Chapter Two: Bridging Theory and Experiment to Address Structural Properties of Truncated Haemoglobins: Insights from Thermobifida fusca HbO
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 An Overview of Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Haem Proteins
  • 3 Computer Simulation Techniques
  • 4 Thermobifida fusca Hb
  • 5 Spectroscopy and Computer Simulation of Tf-trHb
  • 6 Concluding Remarks
  • Acknowledgements
• Chapter Three: Structural Biology of Bacterial Haemophores
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 HasA-Type Haemophore Systems from Serratia marcescens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Yersinia pestis
  • 3 The HxuA–HxuB–HxuC Haemophore System of Haemophilus influenzae
  • 4 The HmuY–HmuR Haemophore System of Porphyromonas gingivalis
  • 5 The Isd Haemophore System of Staphylococcus aureus
  • 6 The Isd, BslK, and Hal Haemophore Systems of Bacillus anthracis
  • 7 The Hbp Haemophore System of Listeria monocytogenes
  • 8 The Rv0203–MmpL11–MmpL3 Haemophore System of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • 9 Conclusion and Perspectives
  • Acknowledgements
• Chapter Four: The Haemoglobins of Algae
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Distribution of Haemoglobins in Algae
  • 3 The Structure of Algal Haemoglobins
  • 4 The Chemistry of Algal Haemoglobins
  • 5 Perspectives
  • Acknowledgement
• Chapter Five: The Challenging World of Biofilm Physiology
  • Abstract
  • 1 Biofilm Structure and Formation
  • 2 Biofilm Resistance
  • 3 Biofilm-Associated Infections
  • 4 Biofilm Research and Its Challenges
• Chapter Six: Avoid Excessive Oxygen Levels in Experiments with Organisms, Tissues and Cells
  • Abstract
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Methods for Measuring O2
  • 3 Gas Mixing
  • 4 Conclusions
• Author Index
• Subject Index

This latest volume in Advances in Microbial Physiology continues the long tradition of topical and important reviews in microbiology.

• Contains contributions from leading authorities in the field of microbial physiology
• Informs and updates on all the latest developments in the field

Microbiologists, biochemists, biotechnologists, and those interested in physiology, microbial biochemistry and its applications.